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- Offers an innovative methodology for cinematic cultural analysis that intersects with speculative realism and other systems of critical analysis
- Discusses superhero films that have received critical acclaim as well as superhero films that have so far gone unstudied
- Provides an up-to-date detail of the make-up of superhero films that will extend beyond the specific cases for future studies in the genre
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book addresses what a superhero body can do by developing several “x-rays” of the superbody’s sensoria, anatomic structures, internal systems, cellular organizations, and orthotic, chemical, or technological enhancements. In short, these x-rays offer what we might describe as a metamorpho-physiological approach to the superheroes in feature films, theatrical cartoon shorts, and Netflix television series. This approach examines the ways in which the “substance” of superheroes, which includes their masks, costumes, chevrons, weapons, and auras, extends into the diegetic environment of the film, transgressing it, transforming it, and corporealizing it, making it emblematic of the shape, dimensions, contours, and organismic workings of one or more of our major organs, members, orifices, fluids, or cell clusters. Thus the superhero film, as this study claims, works to make us more aware of the mutability, adaptability, modifiability, and virtual capabilities of our own flesh.
Authors and Affiliations
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Kennesaw, USA
Larrie Dudenhoeffer
About the author
Larrie Dudenhoeffer teaches film studies, comic studies, and critical theory as an Associate Professor of English at Kennesaw State University, USA. He is author of Embodiment and Horror Cinema (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Anatomy of the Superhero Film
Authors: Larrie Dudenhoeffer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57922-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57921-4Published: 24 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86283-5Published: 04 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57922-1Published: 16 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 319
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Genre, Film Theory, American Cinema and TV, American Culture